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Wayne Hall-Eastman
Wayne Hall-Eastman

New York Times, Wednesday, September 2, 1992

1-Down : Take time to smell the flowers

Author:
Wayne Hall-Eastman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q U X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has repeated answers.
Wayne Hall-Eastman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,639
Across
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Bede of fiction : ADAM
5
Teatime comestibles : CAKES
10
Ratio words : ISTO
14
Molar: Comb. form : MYLO
15
Long-jump champ: 1936 : OWENS
16
Capture : NAIL
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Song by 2 Down : BLOWININTHEWIND
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Highway divisions : LANES
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Actress Carrie ___ : NYE
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Twining stems : BINES
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First of 12, in Madrid : ENERO
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Nice lad : GARCON
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Wee, in Wick : SMA
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County in NW Mich. : ANTRIM
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Put on a show : ACT
35
Jewelry material : ENAMEL
39
Overhang : EAVE
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Real name of 2 Down : ROBERTZIMMERMAN
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Original man : ADAM
44
Jim ___, Apollo astronaut : LOVELL
45
To ___ fro : AND
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Christie's Jane ___ : MARPLE
48
Singer Sumac : YMA
50
Steer steerer : LARIAT
54
Drive forward : IMPEL
58
Literary gathering : SALON
61
Monogram of a famed suffragist : SBA
62
English novelist: 1814-84 : READE
63
"The Times ___," song by 2 Down : THEYAREACHANGIN
66
Flow against : LAVE
67
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
68
Vols' state : TENN
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Theatrical honor : OBIE
70
Where runners get together : MEETS
71
Command to Spot : STAY
Down
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Take time to smell the flowers : AMBLE
2
Singer born 5/24/41 : DYLAN
3
Unaccompanied : ALONE
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Suburbanites' machines : MOWERS
5
Pro's foe : CON
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" ... on ___ and a prayer" : AWING
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Its capital is Nairobi : KENYA
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"___ Talking," Rivers book : ENTER
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Library sound : SSH
10
"The Lion ___," 1968 movie : INWINTER
11
Spahn teammate in the 40's : SAIN
12
Prong : TINE
13
Early car manufacturer : OLDS
18
Chemical compound : ISOMER
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Dark, in poesy : EBON
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With equanimity : CALMLY
27
Buck's outgrowth : ANTLER
29
Hindu deity : RAMA
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Netman Lendl : IVAN
31
Do some darning : MEND
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Saroyan hero : ARAM
33
Musical finale : CODA
34
Ski lift : TBAR
36
Type of dye : AZO
37
DII x II : MIV
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Scottish uncle : EME
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Wage earner : EMPLOYEE
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Twain's last hometown : ELMIRA
47
Hollywood's Turner : LANA
49
Catkins : AMENTS
51
Alpine river : ISERE
52
Diminish : ABATE
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Implicit : TACIT
55
Debra of films : PAGET
56
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
57
Comedian Bruce : LENNY
58
Norman town : STLO
59
One-legged protagonist : AHAB
60
Third son of Jacob and Leah : LEVI
64
Ewe's mate : RAM
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"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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